Contents Front Cover; Book title; Contents; The Ten Teachers; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; 1. The midwife and modern maternity care; 2. Conception, implantation and embryology; 3. Normal fetal development and growth; 4. Physiological changes in pregnancy; 5. Antenatal care; 6. Antenatal imaging and assessment of fetal well-being; 7. Prenatal diagnosis; 8. Antenatal complications; 9. Multiple pregnancy; 10. Disorders of placentation; 11. Preterm labour; 12. Medical conditions associated with pregnancy; 13. Perinatal infections; 14. Labour.
15. Operative and assisted birth16. Childbirth emergencies; 17. The puerperium; 18. Mental health in pregnancy and the puerperium; 19. Neonatal care; 20. Law and ethics relating to midwifery practice; Appendix: Levels of evidence; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z; Back Cover.
Abstract Modern maternity care and the midwife Conception and implantation Normal fetal growth and development Physiological changes in pregnancy Antenatal care Antenatal imaging Prenatal diagnosis Antenatal complications Multiple pregnancy Disorders of placentation Pre-term labour Medical disorders Perinatal infections Labour and delivery Assisted births Obstetric emergencies The puerperium Mental health and childbearing Neonates Law and ethics.